Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,656 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Wall Street, October 14, 1857
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Jeremiah G. Hamilton (ca. 1807-1875)
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Radmilla Cody (1975- )
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Ryan Speedo Green (1986- )
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John McFerren (1924-2020)

Explore Global African History

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Henri Salvador (1917-2008)
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Ile Ife, Nigeria (ca. 500 B.C.E.- )
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Charlotte Maxeke (Manye) (1874-1939)
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The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Sissieretta Jones
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From Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers at Carnegie Hall, 1892-1943
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
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Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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